March 6, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Planks Clothing, an innovative ski apparel company, is seeking a £200,000 venture debt loan (estimated 13.5% APR) on Crowd2Fund to manufacture an innovative, new range of clothing which will incorporate recycled materials. Founded in 2009 by former professional skier, Jim Adlington, Planks was launched to… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atlanta-based fintech direct loan provider, LendingPoint, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new platform, LendingPoint Merchant Solutions, which is to provide merchants and other service providers a fully integrated one-stop retail financing platform to convert more consumers at the point of sale. The launch of LendingPoint Merchant… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest small business lenders, announced on Tuesday it is pledging to lend £100 million to micro and small businesses in the North of England by 2020. The alternative finance provider revealed the pledge is in response to the withdrawal of credit… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA Open Talent, a fintech competition, announced on Monday it will this year mark its tenth anniversary by working with more start-ups than ever before. Organizers revealed that the competition will look to find the very best fintech ideas from anywhere in the world before… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Collateral, a UK-based peer to peer lending platform, has reportedly gone into administration after trading without a proper license. According to various reports, a letter was sent to investors from the company’s administrator, named Gordon Craig, that stated the company was operating in the belief that… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 1:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer (P2P0 lending platform for local and rural businesses, announced on Monday it has now lent £200 million, providing a valuable source of capital to hundreds of local businesses across the UK. According to the online lending, this milestone demonstrates the strong demand… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, fintech collaboration platform B-Hive announced it has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fintech & Payments Association of Ireland (FPAI), which will allow the duo to strengthen collaboration between Belgium and Ireland. According to B-Hive, the MoU was signed on the occasion… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Maliyya, a Dubai-based fintech company engaged in the development of a P2P lending and borrowing platform, announced on Monday it secured $1.3 million during its latest seed funding round, which was led by Ground1 Ventures, a private investment firm based out of UK.  Founded in 2016, Maliyya… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pure Wild Spirits (PWSL), the maker of the Freya Birch Spirit,  is now seeking a combined new investment of £750,000  through the private investor network Growthdeck to fund sales expansion into premium retailers, bar and restaurant chains, and initial exports to New York.  The company stated that Freya… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Riversimple, a Wales-based hydrogen-electric car company, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, seeking £1 million in funding. The new funding round comes less than a year after the company utilized the ShareIn service to launch its self-running crowdfunding campaign, which raised £1.14 million. Founded… Read More

March 5, 2018 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elevate Credit, Inc. (Elevate), a tech-enabled provider of innovative and responsible online credit solutions for non-prime consumers, announced on Monday its customers have saved more than $3 billion to date, versus what they would have paid for payday loans. $1.3 billion was saved in 2017… Read More

March 3, 2018 @ 9:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just hours after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Northern Monk Brewing Co. has successfully surpassed its initial funding target of £500,000 and is now nearing £800,000 thanks to nearly 1200 investors. Founded in 2013, Northern Monk Brewing Co. was notably started with just £5,000… Read More

March 3, 2018 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Angee Technologies, a company that combines smart hardware and cloud intelligence to deliver a home security solution, has successfully secured its £1.1 million funding target through its equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. The company has attracted more than 200 investors to the campaign.  As previously reported, the California-based… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, BlockMason announced plans to launch a new mobile decentralized app, Lndr. According to BlockMason, the app is built-in the ethereum blockchain. The company also claims that Lndr was developed as one of the fastest product deliveries on the blockchain and it is built… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

No Agent, a UK based online rental marketplace, has successfully secured its initial £400,000 equity crowdfunding target on Seedrs thanks to more than 225 investors. The company launched the funding round last month, seeking the funds to continue the expansion of its platform. As previously reported, No Agent… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wecash, a China-based fintech and big data tech company, announced on Friday it secured $160 million during its latest Series D funding round, which was led by ORIX Asia Capital and SEA Group, with participation from SIG, Sagamore, Forebright, Lingfeng Capital and Hongdao Capital.  Founded… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 12:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global technology research and advisory firm, today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, a Silicon Valley-based technology innovation accelerator platform. The partnership will notably give ISG an opportunity to influence the digital future of… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

C2FO, a fintech firm and market for working capital, announced this week it secured $100 million during its latest funding round, which was led by Allianz X and Mubadala Investment, with participation from existing C2FO investors Temasek, Union Square Ventures, and Mithril Capital. This investment comes… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced this week that during its seventh birthday celebration, it revealed the winners of its 2017 annual awards. As previously reported, the Crowdcube Annual Awards celebrate the best of British Entrepreneurship, showcasing a range of fantastic companies that hail from a… Read More

March 2, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Thursday, Plug and Play announced it welcomed 111 startups into six of its accelerator programs. The programs will notably run from March through May and include Brand & Retail, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Food & Beverage, New Materials & Packaging, and Supply Chain & Logistics Plug and… Read More